Re: Catfish (2010 Documentary)
 

The one thing I can't stand everyone saying is

Re: Catfish (2010 Documentary)
 

This movie was crap. The actors (yes, actors) were oozing with smugness. Regardless of whether you think it's staged or real, everything that the characters do is improbable and contrived. I thought this was a pathetic attempt at exploitation, and the wannabe filmmakers failed at that.

Re: Catfish (2010 Documentary)
 

There is a good thread on this over at

http://forum.blu-ray.com/blu-ray-mov...-1-4-11-a.html

and has some good evidence to if this is true or fake.

Re: Catfish (2010 Documentary)
 

If they'd marketed this as the piece of fiction that it is, then I definitely think I would've liked the film a whole lot more than I did.

Once I'd settled into the idea that I was not watching a documentary I really started to enjoy the movie.

Re: Catfish (2010 Documentary)
 

This could have been a great short film but it really felt bloated, forced and exploitive at 90 minutes. I liked a few moments but overall it was disappointing.

Re: Catfish (2010 Documentary)
 

I didn't know much about this going into it. I liked it a lot. As the story moved forward there was a terrific sense of dread and uneasiness. Then once we see what is really going on, it's very sad.

If it was real, then Nev handled it with complete class. If it was fake, then it was a helluva detail filled movie.

Re: Catfish (2010 Documentary)
 

Watched it tonight on DVD. I had heard about this when it was out in limited theatrical release, and that there was a twist.

Re: Catfish (2010 Documentary)
 

I knew very little going into this as well. A friend of mine kept on telling me to watch it but refused to tell me much about it to not spoil the twist. He just said, "You will have to see it." Then they had the film makers on Carson Daly and Carson was beaming how this and Inception were his favorite films of the year and that the last 30 minutes of the movie was so incredible. Then they show that scene of dread and uneasiness that I think you're talking about, so I expected something creepy to happen there, like the girl they were chatting with online would turn out to try to kill them all or something.

And I agree that Nev handled it well. Most people would have been angry and cut off all ties to the person. I know I would have.

Re: Catfish (2010 Documentary)
 

Saw this last night, going into it pretty much blind. All I knew was that I should go into it blind.

Loved it. I'm pretty empathetic by nature, but I was really moved by both leads. Hope it was real, but if not, then props to them for some fine acting.

One of the best films of 2010 imo.